25 Mar 1946
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1946
Page
1
Izvestia reports Russia will spend hundreds of millions of rubles over the next five years on atomic energy cosmic ray research aerodynamics wing design gas dynamics for aviation and artillery. President Vavilov notes objectives and task assignments for scientists.
General Motors said it asked a Senate committee to investigate possible collaboration between the CIO United Auto Workers and government statisticians. A GM spokesman confirmed a March 1 letter to Sen. James Murray requesting the probe, with no reply received. The claim centers on a Commerce Department report said to have influenced UAW wage demands. The company notes GM production workers struck last November and recently ratified an 18 percent wage settlement, with local grievances being finalized before a return to work.
Americans observing Minami Dake in Kyushu on Sunday saw a house sized boulder flung over 1000 feet as the volcano emits a 3000 foot smoke column. The peninsula is evacuated with residents sheltered in Kagoshima while farmers report land damage within twenty miles.
French President Felix Gouin in Strasbourg pledges adherence to the Bretton Woods framework and a return to free trade, even if the United States withholds a loan. He cites France needs modern machine tools and warns of insufficient funds, while outlining Ruhr security and ongoing German occupation concerns. France faces poor harvests and food shortages with crops well below normal.
Cairo reports Prime Minister El Said El Swedy Bey says Iraq seeks to revise the 1932 treaty with Britain and Britain agrees to talks. The accord allows RAF bases west of the Euphrates and, until 1952, at least two bases within an hour of the Iranian area. Iraq also gains use of British technical advisers.
Three year old Melvin James Woolsey was killed in Silver Bow by a stray bullet from an old .22 rifle held by 14 year old Frank Ralph Jones during a yard shooting. Coroner and deputies investigated. rifle was loaded one bullet at a time with broken reload mechanism. Funeral arrangements line up for Woolsey, born July 17, 1942, with family surviving Edith and Elaine and others in Silver Bow.
Partly cloudy with scattered snow showers Monday then cloudy with light snow Monday night. Little temperature change expected with highs around 40 to 50 degrees. Readings show School of Mines 42 as a forecast high, Airports at 38 to 40 and mountains snow flurries west of the divide.
United Nations leaders moved to register a Russo Iranian pact as assurance to Iran and the world that the agreement will be kept. Moscow radio said Red Army troops were beginning to quit Iran in line with a new deal. Officials lacked specifics on the agreement or its existence as open Security Council deliberations began.
Overseas veterans are due to arrive in New York on March 26 aboard the S S Santa Isabel and the Frostburg Victory and Haverford Victory ships. Listed Montanans include T/5 Paul Brooks of Butte and multiple servicemen from Livingston Missoula Billings Great Falls and other towns awaiting arrival at New York. Names include John M Johnson William Ban non Oscar Karjalainen Elmer Batt Robert Thomas Bernard Bauer William Knoble Vernon Peterson An thony Rowell Arnold Almond Daniel Popovac Leonard Pfister Gordon Lanquette Jean Hardesty Charles Stuic John Mc Kiernan and others.
Premier Ahmed Qavam said Iran has no official reports of Soviet troop movements out of the country. Moscow radio claimed evacuation had begun under an agreement and would take five to six weeks. He also denied reports that direct negotiations with Russia were continuing.
Belgrade radio reported Gen. Draja Mihailovic the Chetnik leader now in Yugoslav hands for ten days. The broadcast said he has been in custody since March 13 awaiting a swift trial. Subasic warned of capital punishment if found guilty.
In Atlantic City on March 24, U N A R A committees failed to agree on a formula to distribute food evenly. Herbert Lehman urged proportional sharing based on 1935-39 consumption, while Secretary Clinton Anderson argued rationing isn’t needed. Nations like Russia Ukraine Poland Yugoslavia China complained of unequal access as signatories fear mass starvation without action.
Senator Harlan J. Bushfield of South Dakota was stricken at his Washington home Saturday night. His physician described him as not at all critical, noting he was taken to an emergency hospital, given oxygen briefly, then stabilized and conscious.
Washington March 24. House military committee members say universal military training is unlikely this year. Election year sentiment and wartime draft factors drive decision to drop action and reopen debate with the next Congress. Special subcommittee review may be used for President Truman’s universal training proposal.
Chinese news reports credibly stated Gen Tai Li chief of China's secret police was killed in a plane crash between Shanghai and Nanking. Chiang Kai-shek wept at the news as rivals doubted the report and speculated on assassination or mystery surrounding his death.
Chicago policewoman Betty Elrod Dobry, 35, seeks contempt charges for her ex-husband who allegedly owes $200 on a $1,500 divorce settlement. She said she will pursue court action if he fails to appear at last week’s hearing.
E B Bozell, 59, of Omaha and co founder of Bozell and Jacobs Advertising agency, died at his home Sunday after a heart attack.
Moscow radio says Soviet troops will exit Iran within five to six weeks under an agreement with Tehran. Evacuation of regions Meshed Shahrud Samnan completed. remaining troops began March 24. British officials track news as Security Council opens.
The Navy announced that Admiral Marc A. Mitscher will command the Eighth Fleet to conduct peacetime elementary exercises in the western Atlantic in April. The plan, prepared for new personnel, aims to give task force exercise work toward the end of April, with no details on task force size.
Named premier Pridi Panomyong, former regent and key figure of Siam’s 1932 revolution, by the Siamese assembly Sunday night as Premier Khuang Aphaiwong’s cabinet resigned four days earlier after opposing a price and wage control measure.
Senator Johnson argues the drive to keep the draft law alive is to control every man discharged from the Army or Navy. He cites calls to extend selective service to 1947 and notes Army and Navy needs toward July 1. Senator Austin counters any recall would require defined threats and not policy.
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